This page will give a complete listing of the reading and homework assignments that you are required to do.

Week 14-15: We finish Chapter 12 on the Method of Characteristics. The Take-Home Final is being created in pieces and updates will be regularly posted here. The Take-Home Final hyperlink has the complete Take-Home Final with 8 Problems. This Take-Home Final will be due May 15 by 5 PM. Solutions for HW7 (courtesy Susan Guyler) are available. Solutions for HW8 (courtesy Stefanie Reichart) are available. Solutions for HW9 (courtesy Max Rietmann and Benedikt Kramps) are available. Solutions for HW10 (courtesy Benedikt Kramps) are available. Solutions for HW11 (courtesy Stefanie Reichart) are available. There is a link to current standing in class available.

Week 13: We finish Chapter 10 on Fourier Transforms. Solutions are available for Exam 1 and the Take-Home Exam 1.
HW Assignment #11: 10.5.2b, 10.5.16, 10.6.2a.
These problem are due Thursday, May 1 .

Assignments from Earlier:

Week 1: Read Chapters 1 and 2 from the text. The first chapter introduces Partial Differential Equations and shows the derivation of the Heat Equation. The second chapter shows separation of variables and begins the process of solving the Heat Equation.
HW Assignment #1: 1.2.9, 1.4.1b, 1.4.1c, 1.4.1e, 1.4.3, 1.4.7, 1.4.12, 1.5.9, 1.5.13, 1.5.22, 2.2.4.
These problem are due Thursday, Jan. 31.

Week 2: Read Chapters 2 and 3 from the text. We continue techniques of separation of variables and introduce Fourier series.
HW Assignment #2: 2.3.1(b,c,f), 2.3.2(c,e), 2.3.3b, 2.3.8, 2.3.11, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, Computer Problem .
These problem are due Thursday, Feb. 7.

Week 3: Continue with Chapters 2 and 3 from the text. We continue techniques of separation of variables and introduce Fourier series.
HW Assignment #3: 2.5.1(d,g), 2.5.2, 2.5.6, 2.5.8(b), 2.5.10, 2.5.15(b) .
These problem are due Thursday, Feb. 14 .

Week 4: Read Chapter 3 from the text. We continue Fourier series. Solutions for HW1 are available (courtesy Stefanie Reichart).
HW Assignment #4: 3.2.2(a,b), 3.3.1(c), 3.3.2(b), 3.3.5(c), 3.3.14, 3.4.1, 3.4.6, 3.4.11, Computer Problem 2 .
These problem are due Thursday, Feb. 21 .

Week 5: Read Chapter 4 (through 4.4) and Chapter 5 from the text. We examine the Wave Equation and begin Sturm-Liouville Eigenvalue problems.
HW Assignment #5: 4.2.1, 4.4.1, 4.4.3, 4.4.9, 4.4.10, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.9, 5.4.5, 5.5.1(c,d), 5.5.5, 5.5.8, 5.5.11.
These problem are due Thursday, Feb. 28.

Week 6: We continue Sturm-Liouville problems and possibly start Chapter 7, higher dimensional PDEs. Read Chapters 5 and 7 from the text. Solutions for HW2 are available (courtesy Benedikt Kramps).
HW Assignment #6: 5.6.1, 5.8.3, 5.8.5 (for b numerically find first 5 e.v.s with h = -1 and L = 1), 5.8.8 (for c numerically find first 5 e.v.s), 5.8.11, 5.10.1.
These problem are due Thursday, Mar. 6.

Week 7: If there are any graduating seniors in class, then you are encouraged to participate in a survey that can be accessed by logging on to Math or Math Stat advising at Blackboard. This is important for future students majoring in Math. We begin Chapter 7, higher dimensional PDEs and Bessel's Differential Equation, so read Chapter 7 from the text. Solutions for HW3 (courtesy Stefanie Reichart) and Solutions for HW4 (courtesy Tina Bauer) are available.
HW Assignment #7: 7.3.1 (b,d), 7.3.2a, 7.3.4a, 7.3.5, 7.5.1a, 7.5.2a.
These problem are due Thursday, Mar. 13 .

Week 8: We continue Chapter 7 with higher dimensional PDEs and Bessel's Differential Equation. There is an updated Take-Home Exam available (Version 1 used the copy command too freely, so please let me know of any errors you find), which will be due March 20 at class time. There will be an in-class exam at that time, which will cover the same material (easier problems). The in-class exam is open book and notes, including integral tables and smart calculators.

Week 9: The Mid-Term Exam is on Thurs. March 20. This exam will be open book and open notes, including integral tables and smart calculators. We continue Chapter 7 with higher dimensional PDEs, spherical problems and Legendre polynomials. There is a Take-Home Exam available, which will be due March 20 at class time. Solutions for HW5 (courtesy Tina Bauer) and Solutions for HW6 (courtesy Benedikt Kramps) are available.
HW Assignment #8: 7.7.1, 7.7.2a, 7.7.9a, 7.9.1c, 7.9.2b.
These problem are due Thursday, Mar. 27 .

Week 10: We finish Chapter 7 with higher dimensional PDEs (Legendre polynomials), then begin Chapter 8 on Nonhomogeneous problems.

Week 11: We finish Chapter 8 on Nonhomogeneous problems and may begin Chapter 10 on Fourier Transforms.
HW Assignment #9: 7.10.1e, 7.10.2c, 7.10.9a, 8.2.1b, 8.2.2b, 8.2.5, 8.3.1a, 8.4.2, 8.4.3 .
These problem are due Thursday, Apr. 17 .

Week 12: We continue Chapter 10 on Fourier Transforms. There is a link to current standing in class available.
HW Assignment #10: 10.3.1, 10.3.5, 10.3.6, 10.4.1, 10.4.3.
These problem are due Thursday, Apr. 24 .